What is Intelligence?
• Is there a “holistic” definition for intelligence?
•Here are some definitions:
–the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience
–a general mental capability that involves the ability to reason, plan, solve
problems, think abstractly, comprehend ideas and language, and learn
–is effectively perceiving, interpreting and responding to the environment
•None of these tells us what intelligence is, so instead, maybe we
can enumerate a list of elements that an intelligence must be able
to perform:
–perceive, reason and infer, solve problems, learn and adapt, apply
common sense, apply analogy, recall, apply intuition, reach emotional
states, achieve self-awareness
•Which of these are necessary for intelligence? Which are
sufficient?
•Artificial Intelligence –should we define this in terms of human
intelligence?
–does AI have to really be intelligent?
–what is the difference between being intelligent and demonstrating
intelligent behavior?